Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Shinnik (3rd, 92 pts) held a 35-point advantage over Mashuk-KMV (12th, 57 pts). Mashuk-KMV had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Per game in the league, Mashuk-KMV were scoring 1.26 and conceding 1.24, Shinnik 1.67 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Mashuk-KMV arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Momentum sat with Shinnik, winners of their last three.
The match was played at Central'nyj Stadion Mashuk in Pyatigorsk.


